Thor: Love And Thunder – Chris Hemsworth Will Return But At What Cost?

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Thor: Love and Thunder tells the fabled story of the space Viking, the God of Thunder role that Chris Hemsworth has made his own for the past decade. His fourth MCU movie makes a compelling case for why he may just be the best Chris of them all. And yet, Taika Waititi’s film seems to have taken Thor in a new direction, erasing some of the advances the character has made over the years. So what does all of this mean for Thor?

Love and Thunder seemingly ends on a high note for the character, as both post-credits scenes lay out the path for at least «another classic Thor adventure» and direct confirmation that this is indeed the case. Nevertheless, in creating this comedic joyride, Waititi sets Thor on a new course, now as a father with a superhero daughter (played by Hemsworth real-life daughter), whose emotional arc has seen him fall in love, only to lose Jane Foster and find a new kind of love.

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Having Thor’s life story retold by Korg is the perfect way for Waititi to sort of retcon the protagonist's character arc. The rocky sidekick doesn’t change much about Thor’s upbringing, his journey to becoming worthy of Mjölnir, nor his motivational training montage. Instead, the biggest shift comes in his relationship with Jane. In a way, it’s absolutely brilliant how he pulls this off by simply asking the audience to reconsider that maybe Jane and Thor’s relationship was more than what his first two movies showed, with a rom-com setup that plants the seeds of the film’s entire premise.

Of course, taking a step back from Thor and The Dark World is hardly a sin, since the two movies are consistently ranked among the weakest entries in the MCU. But in Ragnarok, Waititi